US Patent Issued to KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge on Dec. 30 for "Backup system for an electronic parking brake and a method for providing a backup power" (Hungarian, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,044, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH (Munich).

"Backup system for an electronic parking brake and a method for providing a backup power" was invented by Tibor Kandar (Sukoro, Germany), Max Michalski (Neubiberg, Germany), Peter Gyetvan (Gyal, Hungary) and Adam Kohazi (Szekesfehervar, Hungary).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A backup system for an electronic parking brake, EPB, of a commercial vehicle ensures a safe state even during electric power failure of a power supply unit of the EPB. The backup system includes a detection unit for detecting the power failure, a storage device for sto...